The Penn's Grove record., 1887-04-09

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Option bill was killed in the Senate by
a vote of , to 9. The Marriage License
bill was also killed by the sam vote.
The Senate passed the following bills
which had already p~assedthe Assembly
nroviding township committee shalt
fix the amount Of Collectors bonds;
proJjding that meetings of the Legisla-
ture and State officers shall ride free
oyer RAILROADS in the State; authorizing
,olice service in townships; enabling
townships to appropriate 500 tor the
observance of Decoration Day,
The Assembly passed Senate bills;
giving township committees right to
saw on what roads telegraph and tele-
phone poles Hall be erected, and ap-
priating 500, 600 for additional build
ipes at the Lunatic Asylum.
one Monday evening the Legisla-
ture began its thirteenth and last week
of this session. The Senate passed the
following House bilIs;that street car con-
ductors or drivers shall not be required
TO work more than Il hours a day; ap-
nropriat ing $1,000 for a Trenton Bat
fling nonunent. A high license oil,
which had been Whitfield down TO a
very low one, fixing the fee Tor matt
or various liquors at 500, and Iof
spirituous at $1,000 passed 10y a vote oil
II TO (. The Assembly bill appro-
priating $4,000 for a monument to the
late General George McClellon was,
on motion of Senator Griggs, postpon-
ed till Friday, practically defeating
The vote was 10 to 9.
On Tuesday the Senate passed the
House bills. compelling the stamping
of prison goods; allowing creditors OF
municipalities to offset their claims
against assessments; making it mlsde-
meanor to sell bottles belonging to
boltlers: and making the LIST
Monday in September a Labor
Holiday. In the Assembly the jury
commission bill, the Gator water bill,
and the boiler inspection bill were de
feated after much discussion. Senate
Bills were passee a%ppropriating $1,000
for repairs at the state Deal Mute III
stitute; providing tQr a Dairy Com
missioner; no child under 10 shall be
sent to jail longer than thirty days;
and providing for the Migrating OF the
Manual Labor System in the. present
school system. The Incidental bills OF
the session reported amounted to ST.
272. The amount for the Haines-Iur-
lev contest amounted to S., 262.3l.
The nomination of Dr. Cream OF
Woodbury., as Riparian commissioner
was a surprise to as many in South DER
sey had been coaNing office with a good
fee and but little to do, including As
semblyman Newell and Judge Plum
mer of this county while Mr., Cream
was not Il candidate.
On Wednesday the Senate passed
House bills fixing the standard of vine
to be sold in tile state; providing
for glass ballot boxes in such counties
as the Freeholders may order; limiting
the price of Sunday paper TO twice
their full value.
The Senate incidental bill was dis
cnssed and reduced to about Sl1 900.
In the Assembly in the afternoon the
bill to print the laws in 100 newspaper
at SO cents per folio was defeated for
the reaso2 that it will cost the state
100000 to prin, this years laws. La
the evening 1t was reconSidered.
Mr.. Corbin arose and made a bitter
attack ON the newspaper men, and
said that they really couno he'e and
make a raid on the State Treasury.
They bring personal pressure to bear
on members. They are forced TO vote
as the newspaper men dictate. This
afternoon the bill could not pass